This iconic event is firmly established as one of the world’s biggest and best half marathons, so why not don your running shoes and join the 57,000 people taking part?

Apply for a charity place now, to guarantee yourself a spot for the 2018 Great North Run.

Make sure you also enter the official ballot, so that if successful you can race using your ballot place with no minimum fundraising target. This means we can pass your guaranteed charity place on to a runner who was not successful in the ballot.